Positions & Their Meanings
Used for the Celtic Cross reading, they can also be used for 1 and 3 card readings.
- YOU - Your place in your situation, and what you need to realize your innermost desires regarding the question asked
- WHAT SURROUNDS YOU - The conditions surrounding you regarding the question you have asked. If the answer you have received is harmonious, then you are in a supportive atmosphere
- WHAT CROSSES YOU -An imbalance that may prevent you from achieving the outcomes indicated in Positions 7 and 1 of your reading. It can also represent what is confusing to you.
- YOUR FOUNDATION - A fundamental issue that can give you the strength and security necessary to accomplish your goal.
- WHAT IS BEHIND YOU - Past actions and influences that have brought things to be the way they are now. It can also represent people, ideas, and conditions that are passing out of your life.
- WHAT CROWNS YOU - The spiritual goal you must work toward in order to attain what you desire. It contains a visualization exercise to help you do so.
- WHAT IS BEFORE YOU - The conditions you can expect to encounter in the near-term future, in either three to six hours, days, or weeks depending on the time frame you have chosen.
- HOW TO PRESENT YOURSELF - How you should conduct yourself in order to best achieve your goal. Do so knowing full well there is a risk that others may misinterpret your actions.
- HOW OTHERS SEE YOU - How people important to your situation see you in relation to the question you are asking. It may be very different from Position #8.
- YOUR HOPES & FEARS - A deep-seated fear you have that you may not be aware of. It may also represent the hopes and fears you have about the way your life may change if you attain your goal.
- THE OUTCOME - The conditions you can expect to encounter in the long-term future, in either three to six days, weeks, or months, depending on the time frame you have chosen.
Meanings of the cards
The Major Arcana
The Fool | Trust
The Magician | Energy
The High Priestess | Intuition
The Empress | Creativity
The Emperor | Achievement
The Hierophant | Tradition
The Lovers | Attraction
The Chariot | Determination
Strength | Brave Heart
The Hermit | Introspection
Wheel of Fortune | Cycles
Justice | Truth
The Hanged Man | Suspension
Death | Transformation
Temperance | Patience
The Devil | Trickery
The Tower | Crisis
The Star | Ilumination
The Moon | Night Journey
The Sun | Radiance
Judgement | Reckoning
The World | Culmination
The Suit of Wands
Ace of Wands | Initiation
Two of Wands | Planning
Three of Wands | Opportunity
Four of Wands | Completion
Five of Wands | Competition
Six of Wands | Victory
Seven of Wands | Courage
Eight of Wands | Signals
Nine of Wands | Discipline
Ten of Wands | Oppression
Page (Princess) of Wands | Impulsiveness
Knight (Prince) of Wands | Ambition
Queen of Wands | Inspiration
King of Wands | Dynamism
The Suit of Swords
Ace of Swords | Triumph
Two of Swords | Balance
Three of Swords | Sorrow
Four of Swords | Seclusion
Five of Swords | Defeat
Six of Swords | Passage
Seven of Swords | Opposition
Eight of Swords | Indecision
Nine of Swords | Nightmare
Ten of Swords | Ruin
Page (Princess) of Swords | Ideas
Knight (Prince) of Swords | Ingenuity
Queen of Swords | Independence
King of Swords | Intellect